This is an analysis of the poem Mountain Moss that begins with:

IT LIES amongst the sleeping stones,
Far down the hidden mountain glade;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca caca adad aXaX bebe efef bfXf dddd ghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010101 11010101 11000101 01010111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 010111010 11011101 0101010010 11010101 01010111 11010101 010100101 11010101 01011111 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010111 11010101 01010111 11010101 01010101 11110101 01010111 11110111 01110101 110101010 01000101 11011111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11111101 11010111 10110001 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Mountain Moss;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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